Volume 1: The Divine Crow's Birth Chapter 7: Searching for Banri's Dark Soul

  Actually, the Golden Armor Heavenly General's visit to the underworld wasn't just for the sake of the Nun of Disgust. Coming to the underworld to plead with Cui Yun was something "Old Sun" had planned long ago. That good-for-nothing brother, Zhu Bajie, the Marshal of the Altar of Purification, who was beaten into the Ashura realm, hadn't been seen for a long time. This Zhu Bajie fellow gave the Golden Armor Heavenly General the feeling that he missed him when they didn't see each other for many days, but as soon as they met, he became annoyed.

  Last night, Bajie had a dream and told "Monkey Brother" that Asura didn't treat it as human, knowing its appetite was terrifying. Every day, 3 meals were just two steamed buns and one bowl of porridge, starving itself to the point where it could participate in the Miss World pageant.

  One dream woke up, the golden-robed angel thought of Zhu Bajie. As for Ashura, except for the Jade Emperor and the King of Hell, Yanluo, and Cui Yun, he didn't care about anyone else. The Jade Emperor naturally didn't need to be mentioned, but Ashura bought the account from the underworld because he didn't want Cui Yun to issue a pass for Sun Wukong, the Buddha's grandson, to enter the "Ashura Path" and disturb him. Of course, he also wanted to get some beautiful women from Cui Jun's hands; otherwise, what was the point of having Ashura Realm?

  After Sun Wukong was conferred as the Buddha of War, he was entrusted by the Tathagata and the Bodhisattva of Compassion to conquer the Asura. The two fought 9,999 rounds without a victor. From then on, the Buddhist world had three dominant forces: good, evil, and neutral. The Asura occupied the mountains and drew boundaries as their territory, which was tacitly acknowledged even by the Jade Emperor himself.

  After being appointed as the Golden Armor Heavenly Messenger by the Jade Emperor, "I, old Sun" thought that the Jade Emperor had given him real power and could control Ashura. Moreover, after being enlightened by the Jade Emperor, he was no longer the Sun Wukong who was limited to a single筋斗 within 108,000 miles, but a Golden Armor Heavenly Messenger with a speed like light, coming and going in a flash of golden light.

  Jade Emperor disagreed with the Golden Armor Heavenly General's proposal to conquer Asura again, saying that all things in the world have their opposites: heaven and earth, yin and yang, life and death, good and evil. The goodness of Buddha, Guanyin, and the merits of Tang Monk would need the evil of Asura as a contrast; otherwise, one wouldn't feel the true kindness of Buddhist disciples and the wickedness of Asura. Let everything follow its natural course.

  It's true that the land doesn't open its mouth and tigers don't eat humans. It seems that the only way is to improve the relationship with Ashura, let my brother Zhu Bajie live a better life, and at least be able to eat his fill. To do this, I can only go through King Yan or Cui Yu. Since I forced him to change the Book of Life and Death last time, King Yan has been using the method of "not provoking, avoiding" to deal with me, and "I, Sun Wukong", indeed have no tricks up my sleeve. Therefore, I can only pin my hopes on Cui Yu.

  The Golden Robe Angel knew that Cui Yun was a person who wouldn't give up easily, so he had to bring the electronic products he had imitated and made during his inspection of the mortal realm to negotiate with him in Xuan Du.

  This electronic product is the treasure of Golden Armor Angel, and at first "I, Old Sun" gave it a name similar to that of Qitian Dasheng, called Wanli Eye. After some thought, no! This wouldn't be taking Tianli Eye lightly, would it? After all, Tianli Eye was also the ears and eyes of Jade Emperor. Therefore, "I, Old Sun" finally named it Tiānyǎn (Sky Eye).

  At first, the Heaven's Eye did not scan the scene of Cui Yun receiving bribes. Until the Golden Angel suddenly inspected the wooden box, the clue of Ban Jian and Cui Yun's money transaction was captured by the Heaven's Eye, helping "Lao Sun" to grasp the opponent's handle.

  The emergence of this important clue made the Golden Armor Angel throw Bajie's affairs to the nine heavens, and seek out Ban Jian's yin soul - Ma Zhangli, who stole the grave of Yan Shi Shifu, was the top priority for "Lao Sun".

  The golden-robed angel slowly enlarged the heavenly eye, aiming at the wooden box like a camera, and Ma Zhangli stealthily appeared in "Lao Sun's" line of sight, from the daytime trampling point to the nighttime grave digging, the whole process was clear.

  When Yanshi saw his own apprentice, the current abbot of Qingfeng Temple, his heart violently shook. He never thought that his successor would be the reincarnation of Tengchuan Meizi?! When Meizi buried her in the cemetery, Ma Zhangli hid behind a tall oil pine tree until the shiny wooden box was placed in the grave, and he smiled with satisfaction before quietly leaving.

  As the Sky Eye scanned to Ma Zhangli prying open the wooden box and urinating inside, a "zizi" sound suddenly came out, followed by a burst of dazzling sparks. The image disappeared instantly, replaced by dense snowflakes jumping continuously.

  The Golden Armor Angel saw the Heaven's Eye lose its spirit, and immediately made adjustments. However, it was still like before, and the grave robber Ma Zhangli was washed away by a single splash of urine. "Old Sun" was anxious, and shrank the Heaven's Eye back into his hand, scratching his ears and cheeks, blowing on it, and examining it carefully. When he used it again, the situation remained the same.

  The monk saw the golden-robed angel in a hurry and suggested softly, "Angel, why not let me take out the wooden box for you to try?"

  The golden-robed angel blinked his round eyes, thinking to himself, perhaps this wooden box can integrate with the world's disgust and completely defeat that boundless dark soul that has blinded the heavens?...

  After thinking about it, the golden angel let Yan Shi hug the wooden box, and then magically made the heavenly eye gradually enlarge, aiming at the target like a camera scanning for a moment, and the scene of cherry blossoms blooming under Mount Fuji in Japan suddenly appeared.

  On the lush green football field of Yamanashi Middle School, a boy and girl were tightly embracing each other, inseparable... Judging from their age and uniform school attire, this was a heart-wrenching teacher-student romance...

  "What a mess!" The golden-robed angel was searching for the dark soul of Itami, but "Old Sun" didn't like this game under the moonlight and unhesitatingly closed his heavenly eye.

  Inspired by her misanthropy, the Golden Angel retrieved the wooden box from her and had Choi Yun hold it up, then opened his Heavenly Eye to scan their opponent.

  "Collision with foreign object, sorry!" The Sky Eye suddenly spoke and issued a warning, a red exclamation mark flashing constantly on the screen.

  Jin Yi Tian Shi was afraid that Cui Yun would damage his treasure with this "strange object", so he immediately withdrew the Tian Yan, blinked his monkey eyes, and then asked Yang Wan Yin to hold the wooden box again.

  More than 1,400 years ago, the dissolute Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty immediately showed up, and the scene that made "Lao Sun" disgusted prompted it to close its heavenly eye immediately.

  The Golden Robe Angel did not expect that in his own Heaven's Eye, a wooden box would merge with a nun, a ghost official and a ghost clerk to produce such vastly different phenomena. Especially Cui Yun, under the premise of merging with the wooden box, could actually make the Heaven's Eye completely lose its function, leaving "Old Sun" at a loss.

  Although this is the case, finding and eliminating the evil spirit of Itami Bokuden would be a sacred mission for the Golden Armor Angel to eradicate the source of trouble in the human world. "Old Sun Wukong" had no choice but to come up with a plan from heaven.

  "Lei Gong, Dian Mu, help me, old Sun!" The golden-robed angel looked up at the sky and shouted loudly.

  "As soon as the words 'Lao Sun' fell, two golden lights suddenly flashed, and in the blink of an eye, two heavenly generals suddenly descended to the public hall, bowed to him, and said in unison: 'What are your orders, Heavenly Messenger? We will carry them out.'"

  The thunderous voice of the Thunder God and Mother was loud and clear, although only lightly moving his lips. The pile of life and death books on the case table was shaken down. This scared Cui Yun badly, and he hurried to tidy up the book of life and death, looking like a fatherless and motherless child in a state of panic.

  The Golden Robed Angel didn't want Cui Yin to be delayed from the grand matter, so with a slight effort, he puckered up his mouth and blew downwards, causing the scattered Book of Life and Death to fly back onto the desk in an orderly manner, restoring its original appearance in an instant.

  "I, Lao Sun, used the Heaven's Eye to search for the whereabouts of Ban Jian's dark soul, that is, the thief Ma Zhangli from Wutai Mountain. I didn't expect this treasure to be stuck at this pass, so I ask you two to help eliminate the obstacle." The Golden Angel said as he aimed the Heaven's Eye at the wooden box and demonstrated it once to Lei Gong and Dian Mu.

  Just as Tiān Yǎn was about to lose signal, Léi Gōng and Diàn Mǔ suddenly stretched out their sleeves and pointed at the screen, and the image really extended downwards.

  A fireball took away Ma Zhangli and the wooden box, flying into the sky like a satellite launch. The wooden box suddenly fell off, while Ma Zhangli turned to ashes in the fireball. A black smoke separated from the fireball, gradually transforming into an extremely large crow, which landed at Pingxingguan Gou and then disappeared without a trace...

  Jinyi Tian used his heavenly eyes to locate the divine crow, and after bowing to thank Lei Gong and Dian Mu and bidding farewell to the two of them, he began discussing with Cui Yun their next plan.